Twombly v. Horne: Reaffirming the Appellant’s Duty to Perfect the Record and the Automatic Writ of Possession under Vermont’s Rent-Escrow Statute Introduction Oliver Twombly v. Marcia Horne, 2025 VT...
Limiting Perry: Vermont Supreme Court Holds That Due-Process Notice in Property-Tax Grievances Need Not Be Mailed to Counsel Introduction Salisbury AD 1, LLC v. Town of Salisbury, 2025 VT 43,...
Voluntary Absence at Restitution Hearings Constitutes Waiver: An In-Depth Commentary on State v. Brittany L. Knight, Supreme Court of Vermont (2025) I. Introduction Background: Brittany L. Knight...
Clarifying the Bailey Balancing Test: Negligent Evidence Destruction without Gross Negligence Is Insufficient for Dismissal in Vermont Introduction State v. Eric M. Champagne, decided by the Vermont...
State v. Burket: Refining Plain-Error Review of Jury Instructions and Narrowing Drug-Testing Conditions in Vermont Probation Law 1. Introduction In State v. Kelly Burket, 2025 VT ___ (Aug. 8, 2025),...
Parties’ Agreed Life-Insurance Obligations Survive Beyond Death – The Vermont Supreme Court Reconciles Postmortem Maintenance Restrictions with Contractual Autonomy Commentary on Victoria diMonda v....
“Adequate Findings Doctrine” in Petroleum-Cleanup Reimbursement Appeals: Guidance from the Vermont Supreme Court in In re Cote/Maquam Shore Market (2025 VT 42) 1. Introduction This commentary...
State v. LaGore: Vermont Supreme Court Tightens Relevance Standard for Admitting a Child-Victim’s Prior Allegations Against Third Parties Introduction In State v. Andy LaGore, 2025 VT 41, the Vermont...
The Davila Rule: Clarifying Vermont Sentence Credits for Absconders Held Out-of-State Introduction In Julio Davila v. Nicholas Deml, 2025 VT 39, the Vermont Supreme Court confronted a recurring, but...
Limiting the Common-Fund Doctrine: Vermont Supreme Court Declines Expansion Beyond Insurance-Subrogation Context 1. Introduction In WWSAF Special Partners Group, LLC (Series D) v. Costello, Valente &...
Aggravated Stalking Is Not a “Violent Felony” for No-Bail Purposes: A Commentary on State v. Nicolae Beldiman (Vt. 2025) Introduction On 16 July 2025 a specially-assigned Justice of the Vermont...
Notarial Negligence, the Economic-Loss Rule, and the Boundaries of the “Special Relationship” Exception Commentary on Aleksandra Veljovic v. TD Bank, N.A., 2025 VT 38 (Vt. July 11, 2025) 1....
The “Pigeon Rule”: Heightened Pleading Duties for Rebutting the Presumption of Probable Cause in Vermont 1. Introduction Allen Pigeon v. Hazen Stone and numerous State defendants presented the...
“Rule 60(b) Motions Do Not Suspend Compliance” — Gaines v. Gaines and the Vermont Supreme Court’s Clarification on Timeliness, Trust Assets, and Contempt Introduction Cindy Gaines v. Edmund Gaines,...
The “Woods Doctrine”: Clarifying Good-Cause Evidence & Judicial Deference in Community-Supervision Furlough Appeals 1. Introduction George Woods, Jr., a self-represented litigant, sought appellate...
“Beyond-Control” Limits in Parental‐Rights Terminations: Vermont Supreme Court Defines the Parent’s Evidentiary Burden in Stagnation Cases 1. Introduction In In re A.B. & B.B., Juveniles, 2025 VT ___...
“One Track, Two Standards” – Vermont Supreme Court Endorses Combined Merits / Temporary-Care Hearings and Re-affirms Termination of Parental Rights at Initial Disposition without a Reasonable-Efforts...
Expedited Review and Mootness in Extradition Habeas Appeals A Commentary on the Supreme Court of Vermont’s Decision in In Re James Fredrick, 2025 VT 37 1. Introduction The Vermont Supreme Court’s...
Establishing Emotional Maltreatment as Child Abuse under Vermont’s RFA Statute: A Detailed Commentary on Rafuse v. Rafuse (Vt. 2025) 1. Introduction The Vermont Supreme Court’s July 2025 entry order...
“Statutory, Not Inherent” – Vermont Supreme Court Recognizes an Implied Right of Statewide Officers to Seek Mandamus under 3 V.S.A. § 159 but Declines to Police the Substance of Attorney-General...